BOX 3-B - Intermodal Transportation Data Base

BOX 3-B - Intermodal Transportation Data Base

RITA/BTS's authorizing legislation calls on the BTS Director, in
consultation with the Under Secretary for Policy, the Assistant Secretaries,
and the heads of the operating administrations of the Department of
Transportation, to establish and maintain a transportation database for all
modes of transportation.

The
database is to be suitable for analyses carried out by the federal government,
the states, and metropolitan planning organizations. The content is to include:

information on the volumes and patterns of movement of goods,
including local, interregional, and international movement, by all modes of
transportation and intermodal combinations, and by
relevant classification;

information on the volumes and patterns of
movement of people, including local, interregional, and international
movements, by all modes of transportation (including bicycle and pedestrian
modes) and intermodal combinations, and by relevant classification;

information on the location and
connectivity of transportation facilities and services; and

a national accounting of expenditures and
capital stocks on each mode of transportation and intermodal combination.